Tag: memory

Poetry by Patrick JenningsApr 21, 201810:04 pm

Forgotten Library, Britannia Mining Museum, Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Forsaken Library

It had been a library
Once
I guess it still was
Though
What did that matter

Few
Enough left who could
Read
The irrelevant past
Now

Silly stories of
Love
Self help for plentiful
Times
Dystopian imaginings for a world of

Ease
So it was no wonder salvagers
Found
No value in printed
Words

Poetry by Patrick JenningsMar 19, 20187:00 am

Lost to Eternity

His memory of them was faint
Especially his father
The moments
Which held them both
Were few
And distorted

Because he tried so hard
To place features
On their bodies
On their faces
Which he just couldn’t recollect
Over time he’d lost
The recollection of the places, too

How odd
That the one crystal clear element
In this one otherwise tortured image
Was the frame shop
Filled with photographs and paintings
Recorded for eternity

Poetry by Patrick JenningsJan 18, 201811:09 am

Sunset Oncoming, Frank Island, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

A Record of My Existence

Clouds tumble through the sky
Like the waves roiling on the stormy sea
Thick and dark
Smothering the sunset
Leaving just enough light
To stop the sea and sky in time

I capture a moment
In an infinity of moments
Preserved only for so long
As time will allow
Longer than memory, perhaps
A record of my existence